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Bishop Toal’s Easter Message – 2024.
Bishop Toal’s Easter Message – 2024. I wish everyone a very Happy Easter and pray for the blessing of the Risen Lord upon us all and our...
Mar 31, 2024


Clergy Appointments
Bishop Toal announces the following clergy appointments: Fr Kenneth Campbell, at present PP of St Barbara’s Muirhead, will succeed...
Jan 8, 2024


Letter from Bishop Toal to the Faithful
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I wish you all a very Happy New Year and every blessing for 2024. The first Reading at Mass today on the...
Jan 2, 2024


Bishop Toal’s Christmas Message
Dear Brothers and Sisters, At Christmas we enjoy singing Christmas Carols. We also enjoy listening to others singing them, particularly...
Dec 25, 2023


Message from Bishop Toal on the appointment of Fr Dougan as Bishop of Galloway
I join with everyone in the Diocese of Motherwell in congratulating Fr Frank Dougan on being chosen by Pope Francis to be the new Bishop...
Dec 22, 2023


Pope Francis appoints Motherwell Priest as next Bishop of Galloway
At 12 noon today (22 December 2023) in Rome (11am GMT) it was announced, that Pope Francis had nominated Fr. Frank Dougan as the new...
Dec 22, 2023


Mass of Thanksgiving for 75th anniversary of the Diocese
This Thursday, 14th December, at 7.00pm, a Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral to close the 75th...
Dec 9, 2023


Mass for Deceased Clergy
Please join our Diocesan community for the annual Mass for Deceased Clergy this Wednesday 6th December at 7pm in St James the Greater...
Dec 4, 2023


Decree for the closure of St Paul's Church, Hamilton
Following the final Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated last month, Bishop Toal has issued a decree for the closure of St Paul's Church in...
Nov 20, 2023


Diocese launches Project Wellspring
I am pleased to announce that we have very recently launched a new renewal project entitled Wellspring which seeks to equip the Diocese...
Oct 21, 2023
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